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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOIIN SACHS, OF \VASIIIN wrTON, DISTRICI` OF COLUMBIA.

PORTABLE COOLER FOR DRINKING-GLASSES.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 415,980, dated November 26, 1889. Application filed April ll, 1889. Serial No. 306,847. (No model.)Y

To al?, whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN SACHS, of the city of lVashington, District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Coolers for Beer and lVine Glasses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in portable coolers for beer and wine glasses; and it consists substantially in such features of arrangement, construction, and combinations of parts as will hereinafter be more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a cooler by which the glasses used in restaurants may be kept constantly cold without liability to breakage, and also to obviate the inconveniences experienced in many instances where the glasses are kept cool by placing them in contact withice, all as will more fully hereinafter appear when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a longitudinal sectional View of a portable cooler constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof representing a modification. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the glass-holding tray or shelf, and Fig. 4 is also a perspective view, the same representing the perforated bottom pan for the tray through which the drip from the glass-supporting cones passes to the bottom of the cooler.

In carrying my invention into effect I provide a suitable ice box or tank of any suitable material, shape, or dimensions, around the interior walls of which is arranged a ledge or projection designed to hold or support a tray or shelf on which are placed or arranged the glasses to be kept cool, the said box or tank being' provided with a suitable top or lid, and having at one side, near the bottom, an outlet for the water accumulating therein as the ice melts. Supported within the ice box or t-ank is a tray or sh elf that is constructed or formed with a series of hollow supports for glasses, preferably slightly tapering or conical in form, so as to adapt them to better receive the glasses which are placed upon them, the said supports being intended to contain broken or crushed ice in like manner as the lower part of the box or tank in which the tray is supported. Beneath the tray or shelf I employ a bottom pan for retaining the ice within the hollow supports for the glasses, and in which is provided a number of openings or perforations for allowing the escape of water from said supports to the box or tank, from which latter the water is drawn from time to time through the vent-opening in its side.

In some instances by dispensing with the bottom pan for the tray or shelf and inverting the latter within the tank, so as to bring the holders or supports to a downward position, I am enabled to employ my invention as a cooler for bottles of beer and other beverages, in which instance it is simply necessary to pack the spaces between the inverted supports with ice, so as to insure the proper effect.

Reference being had to the several parts of the drawings by the letters lnarked thereon, A represents an ice boX or tank of any suitable material, size, or shape, the same being provided internally, an d preferably all around its walls, with a flange or ledge a, and having at the top a suitable hinged lid or cover, while in one of its sides at near the bottom is an opening b for the escape of water, which is usually closed by a plug, as shown.

B represents a shelf or tray, having formed therewith a series of hollow holders or supports B for glasses, which are preferably of a slightly conical or tapered form, and are designed to contain broken ice, as is shown in the drawings. To opposite sides of this shelf or tray B small openings y 'y are formed, to receive through them the small staples c c, formed correspondingly on the bottom pan C, and when the staples are passed through these openings the small hooks d (Z on the edges of the pan are turned up and inserted through the staples, so as to secure the bottom pan in place beneath the tray or shelf. The bottom pan is for` the purpose of retaining the ice within the supports B for the glasses.

It will be understood that the bottom pan C may be attached to the tray in many ways; hence I do not wish to limit myself to the particular fastening which I have herein de- The perforations c in said bottom scribed.

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pan are for the escape of water from the holders B tothe bottom of the tank, as hereinbefore explained.

By referring to the modiieation in Fig. 2 it 'will be seen that by dispensing with the bottom pan C and inverting the tray B within the box I am enabled to convert my invention into a cooler for bottles which contain beverages, and in this instance it is simply necessary to ll the spaces between the holders with ice, as shown. If thespaces in the holders around the bottles are also to be packed with ice, a small opening' fis made for allowing` the water to drip therefrom into the bottom of the tank.

From the foregoing description itis thought the purpose of my invention, as well as the parts contributing to the construction and ar rangement thereof, will be thoroughly understood, and as immaterial departures from such construction and arrangement could be made without departing' 'from the general scope intended I do not Wish to be under- `l. The tray or shelf constructed with a series of hollow upwardly-projecting supports for glasses, in combination with a detachable pan for closing the open ends of said supports, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the tray or shelf constructed with a series of upwardly-extending hollow supports for glasses, of the perforated bottom pan for closing the open ends of said supports, and a fastener for detachably connecting said pau to the tray, substantially described.

3. The combination, with the ice box or tank A, having internal flange or ledge a, of the shelf or tray B, having the hollow supports or holders for glasses, and the bottom pan. or cover for the open ends of said holders removably connected to said tray, the whole being` arranged substantially. in the manner shown and described.

In testimony whereof I atli x. my siguatu re in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN SACHS. Witnesses: "l

CHAs. S; SHREvE, CHAs. W. LICK. 

